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Episode 82: “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” by Elvis Presley
May 14, 2020Episode eighty-two of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley, and the way his promising comeback after leaving the Army quickly got deraile...
Episode 81: “Shout” by the Isley Brothers
May 04, 2020Episode eighty-one of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Shout” by the Isley Brothers, and the beginnings of a career that would lead to six decades of hit singles. Click the full...
Episode 80: “Money” by Barrett Strong
Apr 27, 2020Episode eighty of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Money” by Barrett Strong, the dispute over its authorship, and the start of a record label that would change music. Click the ...
Episode 79: “Sweet Nothin’s” by Brenda Lee
Apr 22, 2020Episode seventy-nine of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Sweet Nothin’s” by Brenda Lee, and at the career of a performer who started in the 1940s and who was most recently in th...
Episode 78: “What’d I Say” by Ray Charles
Apr 13, 2020Episode seventy-eight of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “What’d I Say” by Ray Charles, and at Charles’ career in jazz, soul, and country. Click the full post to read liner note...
Episode 77: “Brand New Cadillac” by Vince Taylor and the Playboys
Apr 07, 2020Episode seventy-seven of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Brand New Cadillac” by Vince Taylor and the Playboys, and the sad career of rock music’s first acid casualty. Click the...
Episode 76: “Stagger Lee” by Lloyd Price
Mar 31, 2020Episode seventy-six of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Stagger Lee” by Lloyd Price, and how a barroom fight 125 years ago led to a song performed by everyone from Ma Rainey to ...
Episode 75: “There Goes My Baby” by the Drifters
Mar 23, 2020Episode seventy-five of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “There Goes My Baby” by the Drifters, and how a fake record label, a band sacked for drunkenness, and a kettledrum player...
Episode 74: “It Doesn’t Matter Any More” by Buddy Holly
Mar 17, 2020Episode seventy-four of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “It Doesn’t Matter Any More” by Buddy Holly, and at the reasons he ended up on the plane that killed him. Click the full ...
Episode 73: “La Bamba” by Ritchie Valens
Mar 09, 2020Episode seventy-three of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “La Bamba” by Ritchie Valens, and is the first of a two-part story which will conclude next week with an episode on Budd...